A new alternative has come up to temporary "misyar" marriages, and this one is approved by Saudi authorities. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbUowMoz5A0 On any day up to 3,000 slave girls are for sale on Karachi's streets. Thousands of women are imprisoned for adultery and even locked up for having been raped. In a bare prison cell, a veiled teenage girl huddles against the wall. Ruqaiya Khan is in prison because she wants independence from her family, and in Pakistan Islamic law says that a woman's place is in the home. Stark faces peer from behind the bars of a Karachi insane asylum, housing 1200 women. Abuse and over-work cause women to die on average younger than men. We speak to lawyers who fight the cases of women trapped by Pakistan's harsh Islamic laws. On any day up to 3,000 slave girls are for sale on Karachi's streets. We speak to a 14 year old who was sold. A community leader says that even the government is involved in a protected and flourishing slave trade. Pakistani prostitutes dance for our camera. The brothels are legal. In Pakistan men have made a society designed only for their comfort.
Called "Daytime Marriage," this allows a man to have two wives - one for the day shift and one for nighttime.
The advantages are said to be that with this sort of marriage, women who work at night can also enjoy the benefits of marriage. Or, at least, some of them.
Apparently, some older women are taking advantage of this arrangement, marrying younger men as second wives. Many of them are divorced or widowed, making them less than ideal for first marriages.
Men who are taking advantage of this system are being careful to hide the "daytime wives" from their first wives.
Unlike misyar marriages, these are meant to be permanent.
Saudi religious scholars are lauding the advantages of this system. It reduces promiscuity for women, especially night workers; plus it helps stem divorces for men who need more action (and who manage to hide their daytime wives from their first wives.)
I think that the English word for these women is "mistresses."
Friday 30 July 2010
You must watch the video!
Sharia Law: The Treatment of Women, 3,000 Slave Girls For Sale on the Street
July 30, 2010
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